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DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.
Verboticisms
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Endearmental
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: enn deeer ment ahl
Sentence: his enderment finally drove her endearmental. She put the bear trap in her (large)Armani bag, before heading out to the disco. "Tonight will be the last time he grabs his crotch when they play Michael Jackson" she promised herself,
Etymology: endearment mental
Irritrait
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ear-ee-trayt
Sentence: his babytalk was the irritrait that drove a wedge between them
Etymology: irritate, trait
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COMMENTS:
This perfectly describes the actions of the guy who sits in front of me who argues to an unseen somethingorother all day; a very annoying irritrait. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-15: 18:56:00
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Vexitating
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: vex-i-ta-ting
Sentence: Sam was the most vexitating man I ever knew. He had more bad habits than an alcoholic nun.
Etymology: vex: to cause annoyance by minor irritations + irritating: chafe; aggravating
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COMMENTS:
Lol. I\'ve known a few Sams too. - artr, 2009-09-09: 12:21:00
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Thornnoy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: thawr-noi
Sentence: She used to call him by his given name, Roy. Now because of his thornnoying habits she doesn't call him at all.
Etymology: thorn (something that wounds, annoys, or causes discomfort) + annoy (irritate, upset )
Proclirritation
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: pro-clear-rit-ta-shun
Sentence: His proclirritation to fart without excusing himself used to be cute to her, but now it was just an annoyance.
Etymology: proclivity + irritation
Habituex
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: Ha - bit - u - x
Sentence: Tony's crotch scratching forced Amber to make him a habituex.
Etymology: Habit - trait, often annoying u - your trait ex - previous girl/boyfriend, spouse
Cattribute
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kat trib yewt
Sentence: When Jimmy Rattner met Catrina, he thought her devotion to cats was cute. One of her main cattributes was wearing jewellery, clothing, hair accessories, purses and shoes with cat designs on them. After never seeing her in anything but cat couture, he started to grow tired of it all. She finally invited him in for a coffee & a KitKat, only for him to discover her other cattribute was to own 20 cats in a one-bedroom apartment. So used his main rattribute and ran out on her without a word, never to call again. Rats! she thought...Cat must have got his tongue.
Etymology: Cat (feline mammal) & Attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
Conpeeve
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Con-Pee-Ve
Sentence: His combination of snoring and sleepwalking quickly went from cute to conpeeving after the fourth night of watching him snore walk his way into the wall.
Etymology: Con - Peeve (what used to be a propreeve is now a con)
Endearaffront
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: en-DEER-a-front
Sentence: Connie's neighing laugh had at first seemed endearing, but Jerry was so endearaffronted by it that he was planning to desert her.
Etymology: endear (attract) + affront (offense) + Ends here (it's all over as of now)
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COMMENTS:
Better late than never - petaj, 2007-02-16: 02:12:00
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Intimesstation
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His intimesstation of uncontrollable gas had become a black cloud in their relationship.
Etymology: intimate + mess + irritation
Comments:
wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...
ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.